#4E8BCB#4E8BCB

#4E8BCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.116 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BCB
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(211, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -0.16, -38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 38.98, 269.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0375 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.116 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1501, 24.3946, 59.9770)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BCB #CB8E4E

analogous

#4EC9CB #4E8BCB #504ECB

triadic

#4E8BCB #CB4E8B #8BCB4E

tetradic

#4E8BCB #CB4EC9 #CB8E4E #4ECB50

square

#4E8BCB #CB4EC9 #CB8E4E #4ECB50

split-complementary

#4E8BCB #CB504E #C9CB4E

monochromatic

#244E7B #326CAA #4E8BCB #7DAAD9 #ADC9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4E8BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#4E8BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BCB

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BCB	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.116 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacdb',
    500: '#4e8bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bcb;
$custom-light: #8aacdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.72,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.624,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BCB

secondary

#D5BBA0

accent

#964ADE

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BCB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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